Cam Pha power station

The Cam Pha power station is a 600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Vietnam. Initially conceptualised as a 260MW plant, the first phase was upgraded to comprise to a 300MW generating plant comprising two 150MW boilers. The project is owned by the Cam Pha Thermal-power Joint-Stock Company, with Vinacoal having a 51% interest.

The project is designed to use coal dust and slurry coal as fuel with a news report stating that the first phase would consumer approximately 1 million tonnes a year from Cua Ong Coal Company. The total cost of the first phase was estimated at US$349 million. The Haerbin Power Project Co. Ltd. from China was awarded a $US265 million construction contract for part of the project. It has been foreshadowed that the ultimate capacity of the plant may be 1,200 MW.

Electricity of Vietnam, a government owned electricity utility, has signed a contract to buy the Cam Pha plant's output for 25 years.

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